RED WINE

Fruit is sourced from Forest Hill vineyard and vines in Frankland River. There is a portion of malbec in this wine. Plush and smooth, medium weight and chocolatey. A dense and dark perfume of plum and dark chocolate, faint mint and sea spray with black olive notes in the mix. The palate is molten dark chocolate with raspberry, black olive and bay leaf characters. The wine feels compact and the tannins are lithe and puckering/refreshing. Feels pretty smart and does a good job of being reserved. MIKE BENNIE, The Wine Front

We always feel like we over-look Forest Hill and I don't know why. The wines are excellent and they always punch well above their weight. They were one of the first to establish themselves in the cooler reaches of the Frankland River in 1965 and what they have created there is something pretty special.

Pretty, ripe, bright and medium bodied, this has all the fruit and spice we could ask for in a mid-week wine. This is made for a shorter-term drinking window, and will delight any who choose to open it. ERIN LARKIN, James Halliday

This fruit from slopes in the Coldstream sub-region of the Yarra Valley is fully destemmed, naturally fermented and aged in old oak puncheons for only six months.